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A concise ChartPlotter/Navigator. A cross-platform ship-borne GUI application supporting * GPS/GPDS Postition Input * BSB Raster Chart Display * S57 Vector ENChart Display * AIS Input Decoding * Waypoint Autopilot Navigation

What's new in 5.14.0

OpenCPN 5.14.0 Released 8 April, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The OpenCPN Development Team is proud to announce the release of OpenCPN Version 5.14.0. OpenCPN Version 5.14.0 is available for immediate download. This version is a service/maintenance release of OpenCPN. OpenCPN is a cross platform electronic navigation system (ECS) supporting a variety of cartography standards and hardware interface protocols. Versions are available for linux, Windows, Raspberry Pi, and MacOS computer architectures. Some features of OpenCPN include: Quilted Raster(RNC) and Vector(ENC) digital chart display. Support for MBTiles photo and geographical chart overlays. Industry standard GPS receiver interfacing, with "moving map" on-screen vessel tracking. AIS receiver interfacing with configurable target safety monitoring. Integrated Route, Track, and Waypoint database, with industry standard Import/Export capabilities. Tide and Current prediction, with on-screen overlay of predicted data. Broad International Language support. PlugIn architecture allowing on-going third-party functional enhancements. OpenCPN is released under the GPLV2 license. The executable program and its source code are available for immediate, free, and unlimited download from github.com. OpenCPN Version 5.14. series contains many new features and enhanced functions. New and upgraded features and capabilites: -Allow NMEA0183 sentences without Checksum. -Introduce and implement Plugin API 1.21 for multi functional plugin handling. -Correct fault in GPX file import with file name containing UTF-8 chars, Android. -DataMonitor: F...

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